Highlands Inn teaches creative mixology

Summer segment is in its second year

2:36 AM,
Jun. 20, 2013

Donald Conn, mixologist at the Highlands Inn, Carmel Highlands.

Written by

Elaine Hesser
For Off 68

Have you ever envied a bartender - nay, "mixologist" - as she shakes up a tasty cocktail, strains it into a glass, adds a fancy garnish, and serves it with a flourish? The Hyatt Carmel Highlands Inn has the perfect summer event for you - a mix of hands-on learning, tasty bites of food and lots of fun they call "Shake, Rattle, and Roll."

The next event, "Haute Summer Fun," is scheduled for July 17 at 6 p.m. in the Inn's Sunset Lounge. Featured libations will include the Hemingway Daiquiri - an intriguing combination of rum, lime, grapefruit juice and Maraschino liqueur. If you've never had ...